Pragmatics in English as a lingua franca : findings and developments / edited by Ian Walkinshaw.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walkinshaw, Ian, editor.

Series:

Developments in English as a lingua franca ; Volume 14.

Developments in English As a Lingua Franca ; Volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Variation--Foreign countries.

English language.

Lingua francas.

Pragmatics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2022]

Summary:

This series welcomes book proposals detailing innovative and cutting edge research and theorisation in the field of English as a lingua franca (ELF). The purpose of the series is to offer a wide forum for work on ELF, including aspects such as descriptions and analyses of ELF; ELF use in a range of domains including education (primary, secondary and tertiary), business, tourism; conceptual works challenging current assumptions about English use and usage; works exploring the implications of ELF for English language policy, pedagogy, and practice; and ELF in relation to global multilingualism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Contents

Notational conventions

Contributors

Findings and developments in ELF pragmatics research: An introduction

Part 1: Developments in ELF pragmatic theory

Accommodation in ELF: Where from? Where now? Where next?

Pragmatic strategies in ELF communication: Key findings and a way forward

From cross to inter to trans – *cultural pragmatics on the move: The need for expanding methodologies in lingua franca research

(Im)politeness in video-mediated first conversations amongst speakers of English as a lingua franca

Part 2: Pragmalinguistic studies in English as a lingua franca

The pragmatics of other-initiated repair in ELF interactions among Southeast Asians

Pragmatic strategies of Asian ELF users in institutional settings

Interjections in spoken ELF interactions

Part 3: Sociopragmatic studies in English as a lingua franca

‘You’re very rich, right?’: Personal finance as an (in)appropriate or (im)polite conversational topic among Asian ELF users

From SLA pragmatics to ELF pragmatics: (Re)conceptualising norms of appropriateness

Unpacking pragmatic norms of Chinese speakers of English for English as a lingua franca (ELF) communication

Where to now? Future directions in ELF pragmatics research

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5015-1252-8

OCLC:

1290484665